Shield tattoo ideas

155 photos and flash · 28% Traditional, 22% Realism · Forearm most common

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Hand-drawn Hufflepuff house crest design in yellow, black and grey, with a badger over a striped shield and a blackletter banner reading Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff crest with badger and banner
Colour tattoo of Captain America's shield with a torn skin effect on the shoulder.
Captain America shield tearing through shoulder skin
Realistic colour tattoo of Captain America's shield on the forearm, with a white star at the centre and torn edges revealing skin.
Captain America shield on a forearm
Slytherin house crest tattoo on the lower back, with a green shield, a grey snake and a black banner reading Slytherin.
Slytherin crest on the lower back
Watercolour style Hogwarts crest tattoo in red, yellow, green and blue on the thigh, outlined in fine black linework with paint-like drips.
Watercolour Hogwarts crest tattoo on thigh
Shaded pencil drawing of a Scottish heraldic lion on a shield, flanked by thistles, a sword and banners reading Scotland and Forever, a design suited to a tattoo.
Scottish lion crest with thistles and banners
Flash sheet of twelve black and white Celtic knot designs, each labelled with a code from C10 to C74, shown without a body placement.
Celtic knot flash sheet with twelve designs
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a tent and pine trees in a shield-shaped frame, with red maple leaves around it.
Camping scene in a shield frame with maple leaves
Black and grey tattoo of a shield-shaped design with overlapping ribbon-like forms, shaded, on a limb above a striped sock cuff.
Shield with overlapping ribbon forms in grey
Grey and red shaded hot rod car with a windmill and mountains on a back shoulder, beside a Route 66 shield tattoo on the upper arm.
Hot rod and Route 66 shield on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel statue holding a cross shield, with a halo, across the side ribs.
Winged angel with shield on ribs
Traditional-style flash drawing of a red heart with flames, a script Harley-Davidson banner, a blue rose and orange flowers on a black background, with a Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles shield logo
Heart, rose and banner flash design
Traditional-style tattoos cover the back of a hand, including a shield and an eight ball, while the hand holds a small ginger kitten.
Traditional hand tattoos holding a kitten
Traditional-style flash design of a woman's profile in a winged helmet, with oak leaves, acorns and a shield, drawn in brown ink on aged paper.
Winged helmet profile with oak leaves
Black and grey flash design of two skulls with wings above a shield, with a sword running down the centre, and a second design of crossed swords around an empty shield.
Winged skulls, sword and shield design
Forearm tattoo of the Hogwarts crest in black linework with red, yellow, green and blue watercolour splashes.
Hogwarts crest with watercolour splashes on forearm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a feathered serpent wrapping around an eight-pointed star and a round shield, on a person's upper back.
Feathered serpent and star on upper back
Colour tattoo of minion characters dressed as superheroes stacked vertically down a calf, with a green minion at the foot, shown in two photos.
Superhero minions stacked up a calf
Small black and grey heraldic crest tattoo on a finger, showing a tower, scrolled flourishes and a letter S on a shield.
Heraldic crest tattoo on a finger
Black and grey tattoo of seven circular emblems in a vertical column on the inner forearm, including a hammer, a shield with a star and an eagle.
Seven superhero emblems down a forearm
Black and grey engraved-style crest tattoo with a lion-like figure and a curling banner bearing partly visible lettering, on the inner forearm.
Engraved crest with banner on forearm
Colour tattoo of the Superman shield and Wonder Woman W emblem with grey shaded wings, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Superman and Wonder Woman emblems with wings
Realism style black and grey tattoo of a winged anchor badge with a striped shield, placed centrally on the chest.
Winged anchor badge on the torso
Colour realism tattoo of Captain America's star-and-ring shield bursting through cracked skin on the outer forearm.
Captain America shield breaking through skin on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts school crest with a HOGWARTS banner across the top, placed on the calf in a traditional style.
Hogwarts crest tattoo on a calf
Traditional style tattoo on the upper arm of a shield-shaped military patch with a white eagle head, an Airborne tab and the words Military Police and Operation Iraqi Freedom III-IV.
Airborne eagle patch with Military Police lettering
Black ink pen drawing of the Ravenclaw crest, showing an eagle over a shield with scrolling foliage and a banner reading Ravenclaw.
Ravenclaw crest pen drawing
Black and grey tattoo of mountain peaks above a row of pine trees, set inside a pointed shield shape on a forearm.
Mountains and pine forest on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of three jewel-like emblems in red, blue and green, set within a grey triangle on the forearm.
Three gem emblems in a triangle on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a Superman-style shield with stylised lettering inside, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Superman shield on a wrist
Colour tattoo on a forearm of two interlocking puzzle pieces, one with a red and yellow Superman shield and one with a pink lily and gold crown, framed by script lettering reading Unique Different and
Puzzle pieces with a Superman shield and lily
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on an ankle showing a row of small superhero-style emblems including a shield, bow, mask, hammer, fist and round badge.
Row of superhero emblems on an ankle
Colour tattoo of Captain America in a realistic style on a forearm, showing his blue cowl, white star and part of his red and white shield.
Captain America portrait on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an armoured knight holding an axe and shield on the upper arm, with botanical flowers and leaves above it near the shoulder.
Armoured knight and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour with a heraldic shield, pauldron and chainmail band across the upper arm and shoulder.
Plate armour and heraldic shield on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the Tottenham Hotspur crest on an upper arm, with a banner reading Tottenham, a cockerel, two red lions, a Hotspur banner with 1882, and a blue shield.
Tottenham Hotspur crest on upper arm
Two thighs with colourful traditional tattoos: a grey wolf head and roses on the left, and a crowned shield with a bird on the right.
Wolf, roses and crowned shield on thighs
Black and red tattoo design of a sword over a red cross shield, flanked by wings, with a banner reading Accipite Armaturam Dei.
Winged sword and shield with banner
Back tattoo of a shield with a double-headed eagle and a rivet border, shaded in red and grey across the upper back.
Double-headed eagle shield on back
Pencil sketch sheet of 24 circular abstract symbol designs, each labelled with a word such as peace, win, shield, sword, army or lose, on a beige background under the heading WAR AND PEACE.
War and peace symbol sketch sheet
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing the cartoon characters Link with a shield and sword and Zelda, with a triforce and ivy in a stained-glass style circle.
Link and Zelda forearm piece with triforce
Black and grey biomechanical full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing metal plates, gears, chains and a shield emblem, shown in three photographs.
Biomechanical full sleeve with gears and chains
Black solid-ink tattoo of six small superhero icons in a row on the inner upper arm of a person flexing their bicep.
Row of six Avengers icons on upper arm
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing Zeus holding a lightning bolt, an eagle, a rearing horse on a shield, an owl and Greek temple columns.
Greek mythology back piece in black and grey
White line-art crest on a black background with a bird, a pentagram, a police box, a lattice panel and a banner reading all who wander are lost.
Crest design with bird, police box and banner
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing the LA Kings crest, the letters LA, a crown and the outline of California, in a bold traditional style.
LA Kings logo and crown on a calf
Large black and grey traditional back tattoo of a pin-up style woman in a feathered headdress holding a staff and shield, surrounded by roses and flowers.
Feathered pin-up and roses across a back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose inside a shield-shaped banner with numerals, on the back of a hand.
Rose and numbered banner on the hand